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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 2011Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 7:01 PM MDTHAIL 1.753 S Abarr, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 920 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

839 
WFUS53 KGLD 030043
TORGLD
COC125-030115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0046.110703T0043Z-110703T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
643 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 638 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABARR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ABARR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3989 10253 3964 10260 3972 10281 3995 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 288DEG 8KT 3981 10277
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

FOLTZ
2 follow-up statements
923 
WWUS53 KGLD 030051
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
651 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC125-030115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110703T0115Z/
YUMA CO-
651 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM MDT...

AT 647 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABARR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN YUMA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3975 10276 3991 10274 3986 10254 3968 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 291DEG 14KT 3983 10269
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

FOLTZ
875 
WWUS53 KGLD 030100
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
700 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

COC125-030109-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110703T0115Z/
YUMA CO-
700 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 715 PM MDT. 

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3975 10276 3991 10274 3986 10254 3968 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 291DEG 14KT 3982 10265
$$

FOLTZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma36 min
Jul 2, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma65 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDYuma25 min
Jul 2, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma37 min
Jul 2, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma23 min
Jul 2, 7:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma4 hr
Jul 2, 7:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson3 hr
Jul 2, 10:05 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDYuma98 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.